The future of research in Europe: Horizon 2020

A debate on the future of research in Europe has been held today January 18, 2013 at the PRBB, organised jointly with the European Parliament Office in Barcelona. Already in the final stage of the Seventh Framework Programme for Research, Development and Innovation (2007-2013), the European Parliament is now defining the main lines of research of the Eighth Framework Programme, named Horizon 2020, which will be effective from 2014 until 2020.

The aim of the event organized at the PRB was to facilitate a dialogue between MEPs, researchers and representatives of institutions of Catalonia and Spain, in order to directly influence the decisions taken by the European Parliament on the future of research in Europe.

The event started with speeches by Carmen Vela, Secretary of State for Research and Development, Andreu Mas-Colell, Minister of Economy and Knowledge of the Generalitat de Catalunya, Maite Calvo, director of the Office of the European Parliament in Barcelona, and Jordi Camí, PRBB director. Among the participants, there were many researchers and managers of research centers and universities in Catalonia.